Sr Software Engineer - Devops, Azure, Github, CI/CD

This role is for a Sr Software Engineer focusing on Devops and Site Reliability Engineering within an AI-driven Global Supply Chain Solutions Software Product Company. The individual will be responsible for architecting, planning, designing, and implementing a ground-up Azure SaaS solution in Devops mode, including leading rollouts. The role requires strong technical foundation, hands-on involvement with the engineering team, and the ability to mentor junior and mid-level associates.

Must Have

• Architect, plan, design, and implement Azure SaaS solutions in Devops mode.
• Lead rollouts for ground-up Azure SaaS solutions.
• Mentor junior and mid-level software associates.
• Develop quality software according to clean code principles and Blue Yonder standards.
• Provide input for backlog prioritization and support team members.
• Participate in team activities such as backlog grooming, planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Translate business requirements to user stories and actively seek feedback.
• Lead designs of individual stories and translate to subtasks.
• Consider information security while coding and reviewing code.
• Keep up to date with technology and research latest industry trends.
• Actively shape team vision and roadmap.
• Raise and resolve operational concerns during design phases.
• Produce actionable user stories to relieve operational pain.
• Plan and perform complex changes and manage stakeholder expectations.
• Seek out the root cause of incidents and inspire improvements.
• Strive to replace service requests with self-service functionality and automation.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to optimize service choice and usage.
• Lead by example and become a subject matter expert in one or more product areas.
• Understand functional and technical requirements of software components.
• Actively provide feedback during code reviews.
• Onboard new members to the team and help develop junior engineers.
• Participate in team hiring activities.
• Feed larger refactoring opportunities into the team's backlog.
• Evolve the team’s continuous integration pipeline and fix broken builds.
• Perform benchmark analyses, identify hot spots, and derive appropriate measures to improve performance.
• Develop prototypes and proofs of principles for innovative features.
• Reflect on alignment of team vision with company vision.
• Have a deep understanding of their team’s problem domain.
• Clearly understand and communicate the impact of changes on other teams and customers.
• Timely and proactively communicate impediments to commitments and help others.
• Bachelor’s degree (STEM preferred) and minimum 6 to 8 years of experience in Devops or Site Reliability Engineering.
• Exposure to Cloud Technologies and Cloud Delivery.
• Exposure to CI/CD tools like Azure DevOps, GitHub.
• Strong Analytical, interpersonal, and oral/written communication skills.
• Good scripting background, Python.
• Work on GenAI.
• Good understanding about DevOps technologies.
• Worked on container technologies and microservice architecture like Kubernetes, Docker.
• Understanding and hands-on experience with third-party monitoring, and logging services.

Good to Have

• Development experience in any languages.
• Eager to learn newer technologies.

Overview:

• Leading AI-driven Global Supply Chain Solutions Software Product Company and one of Glassdoor’s “Best Places to Work”
• Seeking an astute individual that has a strong technical foundation with the additional ability to be hands-on with the broader engineering team as part of the development/deployment cycle, and deep knowledge of industry best practices, Devops and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) experience with the ability to implement them working with both the platform, and the product teams.

Scope:

• Core responsibilities to include Architecting/planning sprints/designing/implementing (along with counterparts and distinguished Architects) running rollouts for a ground up Azure SaaS solution, in Devops mode.
• The incumbent will need to have leadership qualities to also mentor junior and mid-level software associates in our team

Our current technical environment:

• Software: Java, Springboot, Gradle, GIT, Hibernate, Rest API, OAuth, Python, Powershell
• Application Architecture: Scalable, Resilient, event driven, secure multi-tenant Microservices architecture
• Cloud Architecture: MS Azure (ARM templates, AKS, HD insight, Application gateway, Virtue Networks, Event Hub, Azure AD)
• Frameworks/Others: Kubernetes, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Spark, NOSQL, RDBMS, Springboot, Gradle GIT, Ignite

What you’ll do:

• Consistently delivers solid quality in both design and implementation and helps the team shape what is built how, in particular:
• Develops quality software (including effective test code) according to clean code principles and Blue Yonder standards.
• Provides input for the prioritization of issues in the backlog and autonomously pulls issues or supports other team members as appropriate.
• Participates in team activities such as backlog grooming, planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Translates business requirements to user stories and actively seeks feedback by the stakeholders.
• Takes the lead in designs of individual stories and translates the design to subtasks.
• Considers aspects of information security while coding and reviewing other's code.
• Keeps up to date with technology and research latest trends in the industry.
• Actively shapes team vision and helps shape the team roadmap towards achieving it.
• Additions for service-delivering teams
• Raises and resolves operational concerns during design phases.
• Produces actionable user stories to relieve operational pain.
• Plans and performs more complex changes and manages stakeholder expectations.
• Seeks out the root cause of incidents and inspires improvements in a blameless fashion.
• Strives to replace service requests with self-service functionality and automation.
• Diligently collaborates with stakeholders to optimize their choice of service and service usage to minimize costs for derived products.
• Leads by example and becomes a subject matter expert in one or more product areas.
• Understands functional and technical requirements of software components.
• Actively provides feedback during code reviews.
• Onboards new members to the team and helps develop junior engineers.
• Participates in team hiring activities.
• Feeds larger refactoring opportunities into the team's backlog.
• Evolves the team’s continuous integration pipeline and fixes broken builds.
• Performs benchmark analyses, identifies hot spots, and derives appropriate measures to improve performance.
• Develops prototypes and proofs of principles for innovative features.
• Reflects on alignment of team vision with company vision.
• Has a deep understanding of their team’s problem domain.
• Clearly understands and communicates the impact of changes in the team’s deliverables on other teams and customers.
• Timely and proactively communicates impediments to commitments and helps others to overcome theirs.

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree (STEM preferred) and minimum 6 to 8 years of experience in Devops or Site Reliability Engineering
• Exposure to Cloud Technologies and Cloud Delivery. Exposure to CI/CD tools like Azure DevOps, GitHub etc.
• Strong Analytical, interpersonal, and oral/written communication skills with ability to engage with stakeholders
• Nice to have development experience in any languages
• Good scripting background, ; Python
• Work on GenAI
• Good understanding about DevOps technologies.
• Have worked on container technologies and microservice architecture like Kubernetes, Docker etc.
• Understanding and hand-son experience with third-party monitoring, and logging services

Eager to learn newer technologies